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Title: Hero dog helped snare Osama (war dogs)
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The Sun
URL Source: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepag ... less-four-legged-war-hero.html
Published: May 5, 2011
Author: LAURA CAROE
Post Date: 2011-05-05 03:34:36 by Hondo68
Keywords: explosive-sniffing dog, Heavily armoured hounds, with infrared night-sight came
Views: 2977
Comments: 3
The explosive-sniffing dog was strapped to an assault team member as they took on one of their greatest challenges to date. He was part of the operation in which the elite US Navy Seals lowered themselves down ropes from three Black Hawk helicopters into the terrorist supremo's hideout in the town of Abbottabad, Pakistan, on Sunday. The world's most wanted man, 54, was shot dead by a Special Forces marksman during the raid. Heavily armoured hounds — equipped with infrared night-sight cameras — have been used in the past by the top-secret unit. The war dogs wear ballistic body armour that is said to withstand damage from single and double-edged knives, as well as protective gear which shields them from shrapnel and gunfire. German Shepherds have been leading the way in SAS raids in Iraq and Afghanistan. Wearing oxygen masks, the pooches have been trained to jump from aircraft at 25,000ft, before seeking out insurgents in hostile environments. The animals will attack anyone carrying a weapon and have become a pivotal part of special operations as they crawl unnoticed into tunnels or rooms to hunt for enemy combatants. The cameras on their heads beam live TV pictures back to the troops, providing them with critical information and warning of ambushes. Dogs were also used in the capture of Saddam Hussein and in the killing of the Iraqi dictator's two sons.
A FEARLESS four-legged recruit joined US Special Forces as they stormed Osama Bin Laden's secret lair.
Hideout... Bin Laden's luxury lair
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I recall a re-run of MASH I saw where this uber right winger named Colonel Flagg... No,he wasn't. Special Forces soldiers are members of a special (get it?) unit in the US Army. They wear a Green Beret. If you don't wear a Green Beret,you are NOT in Special Forces. This is hardly new,groundbreaking information. It has been known to the general public since 1963,when President Kennedy authorized the wearing of the Green Beret for Special Forces soldiers. It was known back in the early 50's by career soldiers in Combat Arms MOS'es. When the press can't get something this simple straight,how can you trust them to get anything else straight?
"I adore John McCain, support him 100 percent and will do everything I can to support his reelection. As everyone knows, I was honored and proud to run with him. And Todd and I were with him in D.C. just a week ago." (Sarah Palin,Dec 2009) ************************************ DID Palin say or write these things or not? (Me) I don't know or F ing care. (Mad Dog posted on 2009-12-26 16:36:33 ET,post # 105 http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=5510&Disp=114#C114)
Clueless Amerika is being fed a story that changes by the hour. Orwell spins... "For any of you familiar with Roman history we are now firmly in Caligula territory, 'taking out’ whomever we please, age, sex, location or 'guilt’, immaterial. Faithfully played to us citizens of Empire to the sounds of cheers and flags waving as we celebrated the death of a (long dead?) Osama bin Laden, or was that the royal wedding? I’m confused, the two events have fused together, media-wise?"
Hideout... Bin Laden's luxury lair
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
Godwinson posted on 2011-02-23 11:47:32 ET
http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=18011&Disp=46#C46
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The world's most wanted man, 54, was shot dead by a Special Forces marksman during the raid.
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